South African retailers face a permanent new reality: Lack of power

[Jan]

South Africa's new normal — permanent power cuts

South African companies are facing what retailer Pick n Pay Stores Ltd. has just called “a permanent new reality” — electricity shortages. The related costs are weighing heavily.

During a year that’s seen the worst national power cuts on record, the country’s biggest food retailers have increased investment in standby generators, rooftop solar panels and refrigerated trailer trucks.

[Bloomberg]

 

[Cranjus McBasketball]

Nothing new about it. It was normalised long ago.

 

[RonSwanson]

Nothing new about it. It was normalised long ago.

14 years ago, to be exact.

 

[ShaunSA]

Nothing new about it. It was normalised long ago.

That's what happens when Big Business fails to act

 

[Temujin]

Noticed my local pnp has been low on stock over last few weeks, and is now basically empty... who would have thought running big ass generators to keep fridges up is expensive and unrealistic, seems they've now just stopped ordering stock all together, that or supply line has none to send

 

[Cranjus McBasketball]

14 years ago, to be exact.

Yup. I mean if you were born after 2008 all you've ever known is load shedding.

That's what happens when Big Business fails to act

And now they've all woken up way too late

 

[ShaunSA]

And now they've all woken up way too late

Yep. So they can stop bitching and start paying like everyone else

 

[Cranjus McBasketball]

Yep. So they can stop bitching and start paying like everyone else

Sadly though they'll just pass that onto the rest of us

 

[ShaunSA]

Sadly though they'll just pass that onto the rest of us

Good. It's time South Africans also started paying the price for their mistakes

 

[FiestaST]

A permanent new reality could be a title for a Sci-fi Hollywood blockbuster.

 

[Mekon]

I'm sure Ramadouchebag will call this a win with the SONA address. Failure to them is winning. Vile pigsh|t

 

[AlphaJohn]

They say that as if its gonna cost them a cent.

They just going to moan, and roll out alternatives and then raise the prices like everybody else.
No one is actually putting the foot down and going "No more!."

Need a Tax revolt, and not a simple John Doe stop paying, we need big companies and banks to refuse to pay till government is fixed. Everything else = turn the other cheek.

 

[Progenix Oj101]

R 4k/month is now just part of the budget to work and has been for a while. It is what it is.

 

[Totempole]

Noticed my local pnp has been low on stock over last few weeks, and is now basically empty... who would have thought running big ass generators to keep fridges up is expensive and unrealistic, seems they've now just stopped ordering stock all together, that or supply line has none to send

Don't have that issue here, but I have noticed that the fridges and freezers switch to "half-arsed mode" when loadshedding hits.

Also been finding their refrigerated products going bad long before sell-by date.

 

[wingnut771]

How does checkers spend 500 million in 6 months but pnp spends 300 million in 10 months?

 

[McGuywer]

How does checkers spend 500 million in 6 months but pnp spends 300 million in 10 months?

Maybe PnP used 40% off vouchers at Checkers?

 

[RedViking]

We have a bigger problem. An extremely evil, corrupt and incompetent government supported by an extreme ignorant and destructive culture.

 

[Iamn0tageek]

ja lekke

karma for overcharging us on food

You naai me lekke on these so enjoy spending money on diesel for backup power

 

[Benedict A55h0le]

ja lekke

karma for overcharging us on food

You do realize that PNP will just overcharge us some more for food? Karma?...

 

[Iamn0tageek]

You do realize that PNP will just overcharge us some more for food? Karma?...

I'm aware yes.